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We, at 3P Learning, want to acknowledge your students remarkable improvement over the last few months. Please browse through the information contained in this package and celebrate your students’ results. Congratulations!

We don’t stand still! Of special note, we have created lesson plans for Grades 1 to 6, aligned to provincial requirements and added 90 rich tasks by Dr. Marian Small – created specifically for educators in our community.

Additionally, we are very pleased to announce that on January 22, 2015 we were awarded 2 prestigious BETT awards, considered as the top educational awards in the world. We were winners in the following 2 categories: Best Whole Curriculum Content and International Digital Resource.

Lastly, during an evidence-based research study: Dr. Tony Stokes of the Australian Catholic University conducted an independent study of standardized test results from over 8,000 schools since 2008. Results of the study - schools using Mathletics had up to a 10% advantage over other schools. Ask us for the full study!

We would love to hear your feedback. Please forward to customerservice@3plearning.com

Thank you for partnering with us to help your students love learning!

Rene Burke, CEO 3P Learning Canadarene.burke@3plearning.com

Mathletics. Take a fresh look.

Dear Educator,

On average, students across Canada have seen an

improvement of 31.3% in their results so far this year.

Fantastic.

For more information please see page 4.

The impact was immediate and had a significant and

positive impact on our students’ Math performance.

Our students are excited to work on Math each day!

They enjoy doing Math activities, seeing themselves

improve and challenging each other.

Darrell Letourneau, K-7 Coordinator, Nanaimo-

Ladysmith, BC

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How to get the support you need.

Your needs. Mathletics personal support.

Relevant provincial support is only a phone call away. You have a designated support contact for you individual needs. Work together with our team to achieve your goals.

I was so pleased with the customer support from

Mathletics. The documents and tutorials are well-done.

Their staff is simply amazing. The staff helped me tailor

the program to suit our math action plan goal. They really went above and beyond to

make sure our program was running smoothly. They are a pleasure to deal with and are always prompt with a reply. It’s rare to be able to call

customer support and have the person on the other end know you by name. As well, they used our feedback to

make improvements to their program.

Principal, Saskatchewan

The online workshop was tremendous. I am motivated to set

up Mathletics, and you gave me lots and lots of

pointers.

Mr. Brennan, Grade 5/6 Teacher, LONDON ROAD

PUBLIC SCHOOL

Free resources, lesson plans, alignment documents and guides are a click away. With your feedback, we have developed additional support for each of you. Explore what’s new in your province.

www.3plearning.com/canada/mathleticsalignment

Jane BlytheSchools Manager,

ON & Atlantic Canada

Elizabeth CarlsonSchools Manager,

MB & SK Territories

Adam KostanuickSchools Manager, AB

Kelly CuddihySchools Manager, BC

Alexandre MarsonCustomer Service

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Mathletics works. It really is that simple.

The combination of relevant curricula, resources designed by and with educators - and an individual student-centred approach come together to improve results. Time and again, in school and after school, powerful reporting proves the Mathletics Effect.

I am pleased to see the students at Ituna School are no exception.

I understand the power of having data about students’ progress.

Mathletics reporting tools give real-time results data to drive individualized learning pathways. With just a single click, fully comprehensive reports are available highlighting not just student results and achievement, but weaknesses within specific curriculum outcomes. This is hugely powerful diagnostic information – at your fingertips.

Proven results. Powerful reporting.

The impact of Mathletics at Ituna School

Since the beginning of 2015 student results at Ituna School have been recorded.

On average, students now score 91% in curriculum activities. That’s an improvement of 40% on their first attempts.

This is no fluke. Across the whole of Canada, students using Mathletics this year have improved on average by 31.3%.

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Celebrating and awarding achievement is a key part of Mathletics.

So far this year, students at Ituna School have attempted and mastered* huge numbers of activities – each mapped to specific outcomes. Let me take a moment to celebrate some of your top achieving students…

Of course, the Mathletics curriculum is only part of the story. The power of Live Mathletics to increase fluency is well documented .

Since the start of this year, students at Ituna School have answered a staggering 25729 quick fire questions.

*A score of over 85% indicates mastery of a particular strand.

Mackenzie Holmstrom 50 40

McKenna Michelson 38 31

Ashton Williams 48 30

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Students at Ituna School have been awarded 38 achievement

certificates this year.

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I believe great students should always be celebrated – so congratulations to those

students with the highest percentage of mastered

activities.

Rene Burke CEO 3P Learning Canada

Tap, touch, swipe, learn.Mobile-enabled classroom? Students using tablets at

home? We’ve got an app for that.

For more information about the Mathletics apps available visit www.3plearning.com/canada/mathleticsapps

Free for all Mathletics students.

Over 1.4m downloads since 2012.

Assigned tasks and homework pop up right in the app!

NEW! Limited wifi or bandwidth? No problem with offline mode!

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Keep reading to find out why the team at Mathletics does everything they can to inspire learning.

Unlike almost every other type of resource, when we create something new (or update something we already have) our students and teachers get access to it right away. No updates, no extra charges. Just the latest and greatest Mathletics, all the time.

Discover how Mathletics can now support your High Yield Strategies and engage students with Rich-Learning tasks.

Dr. Marian Small Video Training

Supporting High Yield Learning Strategie with Mathletics

Discover all the training, support and development that is available with your Mathletics subscription! We offer a range

of training options for both schools and teachers.

Webinar Training on Rich Learning Tasks

Discover Rich Learning Tasks – powered by Dr. Marian Small 

Learn about Mathletics and Dr. Marian Small. Explore some of Dr. Marian Small’s Rich Learning Tasks with Mathletics. Investigate accompanying Student and Teacher Books. Walk through a sample Rich Learning Activity.

Supporting High Yield Learning Strategies with Mathletics

FREE advice sheet for all Mathletics teachers. Based on the powerful meta-analysis of over 100 independent studies into

High Yield Learning Strategies by Robert J. Marzano (2001) Includes targeted ways to use Mathletics to address nine key strategies

that give the greatest positive effect on student achievement for students across all grade levels.

Additional SupportLooking for Lesson Plans? We’ve got you covered At Mathletics, we’ve created dozens of targeted lesson plans to save you time, focus on specific curriculum objectives and help you get the most from the resource. Plus they’re completely free – just select your province, download and go.

Assessments and Closing Learning Gaps

Close the gaps in students’ learning by using Mathletics Assessments to determine areas of focus. Our education team has designed a wide range of practice examinations and assessments. These assessments

provide a powerful tool to create a practice environment for students as well as benchmark their results, progress and improvement.

Assessments can be easily assigned to students, are marked automatically and provide detailed reporting by class and student. These assessments allow teachers to measure student success prior to completing the provincial standardized assessments.  

 One on One Training Sessions

Topics vary based on individual needs.

Personalized Admin Training

Help administers identify how Mathletics can support numeracy goals.

Training for Administrators

Creating individualized or group courses and student learning pathways. Help ensure teachers have the tools to individualize for each student.

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Dr. Marian Small Video Training

Expert in Rich-Learning and friend of Mathletics Dr. Marian Small presents a range of videos introducing her Rich Learning Tasks, exclusively available to teachers within Mathletics.

Includes teaching tips, advice and insight into classroom-based learning.

Additional Support

Teacher Training, Support and DevelopmentDiscover all the training, support and development that is available with your Mathletics

subscription! We offer a range of training options for both schools and teachers.

Guides Video Tutorial Webinars FAQs

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Webinars

Our team offers a selection of webinars covering the basics of Mathletics and Spellodrome to more advanced use. Each webinar is hosted by a product specialist member of the 3P team – and is completely FREE.

I just wanted to thank you for the excellent Mathletics webinar. My colleagues and I learned so much in such a short session – the next best thing to having our own personal in-school training session! Thank you, Jane!

- Math Teacher

Guides

Let us be your guide.

A range of easy to follow PDF guides are available to walk you through the various tools and functions available. Written in easy to follow steps, you’ll be an expert in no time!

Video Tutorials

The Mathletics video tutorial library.

The team of “Mathletes” here at 3P Learning have created a range of video tutorials covering the various tools and resources within Mathletics. From introducing the basics to more detailed tutorials on teaching with Mathletics, the videos are an invaluable tool for teachers wanting to get the most from the program.

For more information contact our friendly team…Email: customerservice@3plearning.ca | Tel: +1 877 467 6851

Reference: Adapted from the book: Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, by Robert J. Marzano (2001)

Setting objectives and providing feedback:

Mathletics Examples:• Teachers can use Mathletics Results and Reporting features for immediate feedback for students.

Use the reporting feature to look at individual strengths and weaknesses, and give critical and effective feedback to a student.

• Use gold bars for setting goals.• eBook – Linear Relations follows a KWL Chart format. “I used to think... but now I think... and what do I know now

that I didn’t know before.” Grade 9 Activities give instant feedback- reassign tasks.• Use Mathletics lesson plans to set learning goals based on the curriculum expectations they are outlining.

Teachers should create specific but flexible goals, allowing some student choice. Teacher feedback should be corrective, timely, and specific to a criterion.

Generating and testing hypothesis:

Mathletics Examples:• Think, Pair, Share with the problem solving games. Share your thinking and reasoning.• Dr. Marian Small rich learning tasks. Students can use the interactive portion to complete the questions.Students

can use a variety of strategies and store their work, e.g. What Triangle Is That - Grade 5.

Students should generate, explain, test and defend hypotheses using both inductive and deductive strategies through problem solving, history investigation, invention, experimental inquiry, and decision making.

Nonlinguistic representations:

Mathletics Examples:• Mathletics eBooks or Dr. Marian Small printed student problems can be completed in groups using manipulatives

in the classroom. Use as centres, with students are moving from one task to another.• Use Concept Search as a virtual manipulative.• eBooks – Grade 3 Measurement – Page 18 and 19 use manipulatives to solve the problem.

Students should create graphic representations, models, mental pictures, drawings, pictographs, and participate in kinesthetic activity in order to assimilate knowledge.

Questions, cues, and advance organizers:

Mathletics Examples:• When introducing a Dr. Marian Small rich learning task, play the Dr. Marian Small video before the interactive

section. Pause the video for Questioning.• Concept Search & Dictionary – teacher uses demonstrations as a cue so the class may participate and provide

ideas (angle can lead to acute angle, 90 degrees, etc.)• Dr. Marian Small Rich Tasks – questions and cues provided in teacher notes for facilitating lesson.• Secondary – Interactives and Videos – use these resources to find specific topics and concepts.

Use the search function in “My Study” to easily find a concept.

Teachers should use cues and questions that focus on what is important, use ample wait time before accepting responses, eliciting inference and analysis.

Cooperative learning:

Mathletics Examples:• Encourage group engagement by playing a game of Cooperative Live Mathletics. Have students work as a

group to determine answers to this live math fluency competition. Students can shout out the answers and have one student type the answers.

• Students can work in small ability groups with printed Sections of the Mathletics eBooks.• Display one section of Mathletics on an Interactive Whiteboard. Have students work in small groups to

complete these activities (curriculum activities through the Demonstrations tab in the Teacher Console) Or, try the Dr. Marian Small Interactive for students to store their answers and then debrief after all groups have completed the task and discuss strategies used.

• eBooks have activities that require collaborative work (Dice game in group setting - e.g. Grade 4 Multiplication Page 44)

Teachers should limit use of ability groups, keep groups small, apply strategy consistently and systematically but not overuse.

For more information contact our friendly team…Email: customerservice@3plearning.ca | Tel: +1 877 467 6851

Supporting High Yield Strategies

In Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, Robert J. Marzano (2001) and his colleagues identify nine high-yield instructional strategies through a meta-analysis of over 100 independent studies. They determined that these nine strategies have the greatest positive affect on student achievement for all students, in all subject areas, at all grade levels.

Identifying similarities and differences:

Mathletics Examples:• Problem-Solving eBooks 1-3 (#3 - T diagram, Venn diagrams, timelines)• Concept Search (research acute angle vs. obtuse angle. Compare and contrast.)• Problem-Solving games (Grade 4 - Venn Diagram)• Dr. Marian Small activity (Lady Bug crawl - students show the cause and effect when moving lady bugs)

Students should compare, classify, and create metaphors, analogies and graphic representations.

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Summarizing and note taking:

Mathletics Examples:• Grade 7 Algebra eBook (start with a KWL chart- what you know, what you don’t know, etc.)• Students journal after completion of a curriculum activity- reflect and self-assess completed questions• Demonstrations- Teacher models an activity and then has students do a show/share with any curriculum activity,

breaking down their strategies.

Students should learn to delete unnecessary information, substitute some information, keep important information, write / rewrite, and analyze information.

Homework and practise:

Mathletics Examples:• Based on students’ grade level, teachers can assign up to 10 tasks to be completed as homework.• Use Rainforest Math as a homework tool. Parents can help students in this portion of Mathletics and no data will

be recorded. For additional at-home practise.• Discuss Mathletics homework as a class and debrief concepts taught.• Sending home eBooks for additional practise and debrief the next day.

Teachers should vary the amount of homework based on grade level, keep parent involvement to a minimum, state purpose and, if assigned, should be debriefed.

Reinforcing effort and providing recognition:

Mathletics Examples:• Points - have students collect as many points as they can through curriculum activities and Live Mathletics.

As students collect points, they will earn awards to be displayed and printed.• Credits - students are rewarded with credits in Mathletics when showing improvement.• Gold bars - have students work at their own pace for recognition of 85% or higher by obtaining gold bars.

- Top performing students teach a mini lesson (e.g. using Concept Search to introduce a new subject) or shares their learnings with others

- Goal setting with students (e.g. points, gold bars, certificates, credits, connector points, most correct answers per Live Math Level or ranking improvement per level, Wall of Fame)

- Classroom bulletin board (teacher tracks earned gold bars earned by student)

Teachers should reward based on standards of performance; use symbolic recognition rather than just tangible rewards.

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Guides Video Tutorial

Webinars FAQs

Expert in Rich-Learning and friend of Mathletics Dr. Marian Small presents a range of videos introducing her Rich Learning Tasks, exclusively available to teachers within Mathletics.

Includes teaching tips, advice and insight into classroom-based learning.

FREE advice sheet for all Mathletics teachers. Based on the powerful meta-analysis of over 100 independent studies into High Yield Learning Strategies by Robert J. Marzano (2001) Includes targeted ways to use Mathletics to address nine key strategies that give the greatest positive effect on student achievement for students across all grade levels.

Rich-Learning Task High Yield Strategies Training & Support

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You as Educators inspire us everyday. Here are just a few examples of why we do what we do!

We compared the Assessment results of our Grade 6 students with their efforts in Mathletics and saw direct correlations between Time spent on Mathletics and success on the Math Assessment.

Teacher, St. Mary’s School, Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, Ontario

I love mathletics because it makes everything about math fun and you get to challenge your

friends. - Student

I think this is actually helping me! - Student

I go on it all the time at home and play against kids from all over the world. It’s so cool!

Student

Can we have a Mathletics marathon day and get our school to the number one ranking in Canada?

I just want to play it all day!Student

We do Mathletics in the car on the way to hockey. It’s perfect for busy schedules. - Parent

I don’t have to nag him to go on the Mathletics site. He loves it. - Parent

The program does a good job of explaining the skills, which makes for easy homework.

No stress for parents!Parent

Mathletics has allowed me to provide math skills at exactly the right level for each student. While the students work on their computers, my aide and I circulate and assist any students who are struggling with a particular concept. We often use additional manipulative materials along with the programme, providing

a kinesthetic experience as well. In this way, students are growing in the knowledge and feeling pride in their work. I don’t believe this kind of success is even possible without Mathletics. Before Mathletics, math

was often seen as a chore. Now, it’s interesting and fun.Sandra Kober, Bishop Kidd Jr. High, Calgary, Alberta

The program is easy to follow and set up. The students love the interactive components and Live Math has really taken off in our building. When students hit the wall of fame, they post their rankings on the wall. It’s our hope to wall-paper that hallway with those rankings. Students are very proud to make the wall of fame. It matches the curriculum almost perfectly. It is a fantastic tool for differentiation. Instruction can be easily

geared towards every level of learner. Our students really like it. Even students who struggle can make the wall of fame, boosting their confidence and attitude towards math. We never get questions as to how to use the

program. It’s so intuitive and kid-friendly. Student comments are extremely positive.Kylee Carver, Principal “33” Central School, Fillmore, Saskatchewan

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